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Author Durán, Robert J., author.

Title The gang paradox : inequalities and miracles on the U.S.-Mexico border / Robert J. Durán.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 299 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in transgression
Studies in transgression.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The context for the origination of gangs: double colonization -- The formation of gangs in El Chuco -- Moral panics under a research microscope: the organizational scene prior to arrival -- How youth of Mexican descent encounter criminalization -- The role and conflicts in law enforcement -- Participatory action research teams at a minority serving institution -- Empirical miracles and where do we go from here? -- Conclusion.
Summary Robert J. Durán analyzes the impact of deportation, incarceration, and racialized perceptions of criminality on Latino families and youth along the U.S.-Mexico border. He finds significantly less gang membership and activity than common fearmongering claims would have us believe.
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Subject Gangs -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Gangs.
Crime -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Crime.
Youth -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
Youth.
Social conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Youth.
Other Form: Print version: Durán, Robert J. Gang paradox. New York : Columbia University Press, [2018] 9780231181075 (DLC) 2018019751 (OCoLC)1033547604
ISBN 9780231543439 (electronic book)
0231543433 (electronic book)
9780231181075
0231181078
9780231181068
023118106X

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